04-20-2004, 01:04 AM
I don't have a lot of time at the moment, but I'll give a brief preview/summary for now (and I have plans to write up a longer summary later for both the lot of you and my VR friends (my other online gaming community)):
For the first ten levels, the druid plays as a traditional spellcasting class. Your main damage (at least the way I play) is via a direct damage spell called Wrath, and a DoT called Moonfire (I think -- the name is something like that.) You've also got a solid heal and Heal-Over-Time spell, a damage shield, and an armor buff. It's a very typical hybrid healer class, for any that have played MMORPGs before.
And then at ten, you get bear form. And the big change this makes is that now you have choices. I spent half of level ten running around and playing as a warrior. There are abilities that are only usable in Bear Form (and your spells are not available in Bear Form). You build up rage when attacking in Bear Form just as a warrior does, and your Bear abilities (at least the two I've acquired so far) use that rage.
So, suddenly, you have this marvelous choice to play as a hybrid caster/healer or to play as a warrior.
At level 20, you gain the Cat form (Can't recall the precise name -- perhaps Panther?). From what I can tell from reading the descriptions of the abilities I don't have yet, this is a Rogue form. So, a third choice.
For an indecisive player like me, the whole Jack of all Trades thing is a marvelous option.
Let me know what particular questions you have, if any, and I'll try to address them.
For the first ten levels, the druid plays as a traditional spellcasting class. Your main damage (at least the way I play) is via a direct damage spell called Wrath, and a DoT called Moonfire (I think -- the name is something like that.) You've also got a solid heal and Heal-Over-Time spell, a damage shield, and an armor buff. It's a very typical hybrid healer class, for any that have played MMORPGs before.
And then at ten, you get bear form. And the big change this makes is that now you have choices. I spent half of level ten running around and playing as a warrior. There are abilities that are only usable in Bear Form (and your spells are not available in Bear Form). You build up rage when attacking in Bear Form just as a warrior does, and your Bear abilities (at least the two I've acquired so far) use that rage.
So, suddenly, you have this marvelous choice to play as a hybrid caster/healer or to play as a warrior.
At level 20, you gain the Cat form (Can't recall the precise name -- perhaps Panther?). From what I can tell from reading the descriptions of the abilities I don't have yet, this is a Rogue form. So, a third choice.
For an indecisive player like me, the whole Jack of all Trades thing is a marvelous option.
Let me know what particular questions you have, if any, and I'll try to address them.
One day, the Champions of the Fierce Bunny will ride again...<!--sizec--><!--/sizec-->